Oh please. This is a very minor skirmish compared to larger scheme of things, involving what, 6 tanks and a company of infantry? This was anything but a minor hiccup...
This is the incident where our soldiers were found dead with their hands tied behind their back. This war crime should have been investigated and the perpetrators hung...
With out going into all these, OF's basic ability is where biggest shortfall is. I do not think our designers are ready yet to output a blockbuster rifle, yet...
BPJs procurement, wasn't defense ministry's blunder? No say about army's phoren love. But I am not sure of the OF's capability either. IMO, foot soldier's love for AK isn't related to top brass's love for phoren mall either.
I beg to differ. Our OFs are more concerned about their OTs than anything else. Not going into whether army is corrupt, or whether it is a planted news etc, it is highly unlikely that our OFs can design and manufacture any remotely reliable and operable weapon system. The fault is in the model...
What is the attrition rate of IAF and PAF as per you? Most neutral source I came across put it as IAF-1.5% and PAF-1.82%
My history is not as good as "THE AUSTRALIAN" but wasn't african desert "campain" not a single tank battle? and the biggest tank battle, wasn't battle of Kursk...
What an uneducated thing to say? as per India, SCS is international waters. Russia, China, US and even Palau can have full fledged exercise there. Same thing with Indian ocean or Pacific, for that matter..
as one police officer said, people need to be afraid of police just because he is there, we lost it in 2010. too much liniency is bad.. time to put fear of law back into the masses...